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Drop! Splat! Playful Preschool Art with Watercolors

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My students and I enjoy impromptu “messy play days” during preschool.  When the weather is gorgeous, it’s such fun to spend an entire day outside playing and learning.  We’ve played in the mud, drawn and written with chalk, gotten the goop out, made fairy houses, and splashed around with sand and water.  The favorite activity byKeep Reading

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Make an Egg Sculpture for a Fun Easter Art Project

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Egg sculpture Easter art project

This is one Easter art project the kiddos are going to want to do again and again (and again)! While I think it’s perfect before Easter, it would also be a fun idea to try after Easter. It’s a great way to use up all those plastic eggs that seem to multiply this time ofKeep Reading

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What is Process Art for Kids and Why is It Important?

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I have had some amazing discussions with coworkers and other educators about process art for kids.  I’d love to share some of that information here . . . What is process art for kids? Process art is a contemporary artistic movement recognized within the world’s art communities. The Guggenheim states “process art emphasizes the ‘process’ ofKeep Reading

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How to Create Absolutely Beautiful Flowers with Coffee Filter Art

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Explore science and art concepts with coffee filter flowers - an awesome coffee filter art project for kids

Below you’ll find directions for making beautiful coffee filter art flowers with kids. I love art. Science with kids is something else I adore. And I love teaching children, whether they’re kindergartners, preschoolers, or my own son. How about you? If so, why not combine all three of these passions into one super fun scienceKeep Reading

Filed Under: Art and Crafts, Early Learning Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Process Art, Spring

Painting a Car is a Super Fun Summer Art Project to Try with the Kids

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Collaborative, transient summer art project - paint the car

I’ll admit it, I’m pretty blessed. I work with amazing colleagues, kiddos, and families. I get to teach in a way that aligns with my educational philosophy, and I get to do super fun activities with the kiddos. Like this amazingly fun summer art project that we set up during one of last year’s summer camps.Keep Reading

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How to Make a Marbled Homemade Christmas Card with Kids

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Over the summer, our preschool campers made marbled cards for their parents. We had such a blast with it, so I wanted to recreate it for the holidays! This way, every one of my students can bring a homemade Christmas card to their families in December. Marbled Art Homemade Christmas Card We had such aKeep Reading

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Color Collage Art Project for Kids

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Process art and open-ended crafts are such fun for kiddos, and I love that a lot of learning can be integrated into art projects. We recently made a color collage as part of our Book Club Play Dates series. In addition to being a fun piece of collaborative art, it worked on many early learningKeep Reading

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Fun Art for Kids based on “Quick as a Cricket”

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While we enjoy crafts around here, process art is by far where most of the kids’ creativity is focused on. During the preschool year, my students explore it almost every day. At home, we enjoy it quite a bit too! So for this month’s Book Club Play Date, I thought it’d be fun to shareKeep Reading

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Fall Art Projects for Preschoolers: Scarecrow Process Art

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It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for another #PLAYfulpreschool post! This week, it’s all about scarecrows and I’m sharing some fall art projects for preschoolers to make. If you’re a regular reader of Fun-A-Day, you know I love creating process art with the kiddos. This scarecrow art definitely falls into this category! It was inspiredKeep Reading

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Fall Art for Kids with Acorns

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I’m back with more ideas for fall art with kids! The preschoolers had so much fun with our corn painting, so we decided to try another collaborative fall activity centered around art! The kiddos have become quite enamored with acorns recently, so I decided that would be a fun focus this time around. Acorn paintingKeep Reading

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